Asking for help implies a need, which, in turn, implies a vulnerability. Often, conflict occurs in relationships when one partner expects and feels entitled to the other anticipating their needs.

One letter writer struggles with a friend’s dangerous choices, while another weighs divorce and its impact on her kids.

My wife has been asking me for a few months to organize my stuff, which is mostly gardening tools and supplies in the garage.

Dear Eric: My husband’s best friend of 18 years has a wife ... and that you want to be able to support her if she wants to get help, but you can’t and won’t continue the friendship ...

The neighbors have a fenced-off yard and multiple dogs. Our property is not fenced, and we have no animals. For some reason, when the dogs need to do their business, the neighbors bring ...